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Margaret Wild

Author of Kiss Kiss!

116+ Works 6,282 Members 200 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Margaret Wild was born in South Africa and moved to Australia in 1972. She has been a journalist on newspapers and magazines, and worked as a book editor in children's publishing for sixteen years. She eventually quit to write fulltime. Wild has written more than 40 books for children. Some titles show more include The House of Narcissus, Jenny Angel, Tom Goes to Kindergarten, Nighty Night!, The Pocket Dogs and The Very Best of Friends. Her books are published around the world and have won numerous awards, including the Young Australian Best Book Award (YABBA) - Picture Book Shortlisted in 2001 for Jenny Angel; the New South Wales State Literary Award - Young Reader Shortlisted in 2000 for Jenny Angel; the CBC Book of the Year - Picture Book Winner in 2000 for Jenny Angel; the Young Australian Best Book Award (YABBA) - Picture Book listed in 2000 for Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa; the Australian Publishers Association - Design Shortlisted in 1999 for Jenny Angel; the Family Award for Children's Books - Picture Book shortlisted in 1999 for Jenny Angel; the Young Australian Best Book Award (YABBA) - Picture Book Shortlisted in 1999 for Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa; and the CBC Book of the Year - Picture Book Shortlisted in 1985 for There's a Sea in My Bedroom. In 2015 she had an Honour Book at the 2015 Children's Book Council (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards with her title, The Stone Lion. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Marg Wild, Maraget Wild, Margaret Wild

Series

Works by Margaret Wild

Kiss Kiss! (2003) 455 copies
Tom Goes to Kindergarten (1999) 413 copies
Fox (2000) 399 copies
Our Granny (1993) 397 copies
Piglet and Mama (2004) 302 copies
There's a Sea in My Bedroom (1984) 247 copies
Thank You, Santa (1991) 243 copies
The Very Best of Friends (1989) 225 copies
Let the Celebrations Begin! (1991) 197 copies
Jinx (2001) 172 copies
Harry & Hopper (2009) 159 copies
Old Pig (1665) 143 copies
Puffling (2008) 134 copies
Nighty Night! (2001) 128 copies
Woolvs in the Sitee (2006) 126 copies
The Pocket Dogs (1964) 126 copies
Going Home (1889) 125 copies
Mr. Nick's Knitting (1988) 104 copies
The Treasure Box (2013) 93 copies
One Night (2003) 91 copies
Piglet and Papa (2007) 78 copies
Bobbie Dazzler (2006) 77 copies
Remember Me: A Concept Book (1990) 60 copies
Lucy Goosey (2007) 57 copies
Little Humpty (2003) 52 copies
My dearest dinosaur (1992) 52 copies
The Midnight Gang (1750) 50 copies
Toby (1993) 50 copies
Itsy-Bitsy Babies (2009) 44 copies
The Stone Lion (2014) 44 copies
The Dream of the Thylacine (2011) 43 copies
Rosie and Tortoise (1998) 43 copies
Bim bam boom! (1998) 42 copies
When Penny Was Mum (1992) 41 copies
Piglet and Granny (2009) 38 copies
The Little Crooked House (1656) 37 copies
Chatterbox (2006) 37 copies
First best friends (1992) 35 copies
Hush, Hush! (2009) 33 copies
A bit of company (1991) 32 copies
Space Travellers (1992) 30 copies
The Sloth Who Came to Stay (2017) 30 copies
Davy & the duckling (2013) 29 copies
The midnight feast (1999) 29 copies
Big Cat Dreaming (1996) 27 copies
Mi abuelita 27 copies
Seven More Sleeps (2003) 26 copies
The slumber party (1992) 25 copies
Tanglewood (2012) 24 copies
Jenny Angel (1999) 22 copies
Ruby Roars (2007) 21 copies
This Little Piggy Went Dancing (2013) — Author — 20 copies
The Vanishing Moment (2013) 20 copies
Chalk Boy (2018) 20 copies
Leo the Littlest Seahorse (2010) 20 copies
Baby Boomsticks (2003) 18 copies
Midnight Babies (2001) 18 copies
Sam's Sunday Dad (1992) 18 copies
Big Red Hen and the Little Lost Egg (2008) — Author — 18 copies
The house of Narcissus (2001) 17 copies
Goodbye, Old House (2021) 17 copies
On the Day You Were Born (2014) 14 copies
One Keen Koala (2017) 13 copies
Too Many Monkeys (2004) 13 copies
Hop, Little Hare! (2005) 12 copies
Farmer Fred's Cow (2004) 11 copies
The Queen's Holiday (1992) 10 copies
Vampyre (2011) 10 copies
Bogtrotter (1600) 10 copies
The Bush Book Club (2014) 10 copies
No More Kisses! (2010) 9 copies
BEAST (1992) 9 copies
The Feather (2018) 9 copies
A Time for Toys (1991) 9 copies
Light the lamps (1996) 8 copies
Girl from the Sea (2020) 7 copies
Morris the reinbear (1995) 7 copies
Robber Girl (2000) 7 copies
Let's Go to Sleep (2013) 7 copies
Christmas Magic (1992) 7 copies
Baby bird's blankie (2008) 6 copies
Boo! (2019) 5 copies
Itsy-Bitsy Animals (2012) 5 copies
But Granny Did (Voyages) (1993) 5 copies
Mr Moo (2004) 4 copies
Our Baby (2015) 4 copies
Grandpa Baby (2009) 4 copies
The Diary of Megan Moon (1988) 3 copies
Pink! 2 copies
One Shoe on (1984) 2 copies
Harvey Jackson's Cubby (1991) 1 copy
Jeffrey (2001) 1 copy
Pink 1 copy
Zoro 1 copy
VÓ NANA 1 copy

Associated Works

The Blue Dress (1991) — Author — 23 copies
Spine-Chilling: Ten Horror Stories (1992) — Contributor — 9 copies
Bizarre - More Wonderful Weird Stories (1989) — Contributor — 2 copies

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BooksInMirror | 6 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |
Took someone to the library to show them how to find books that they can read while learning English. This was exactly what I was looking for.
Sadly, the book was not that good. I generally do not like short stories though, so it is a bit hard to judge. The only really good part is the lessons it is trying to teach: if you cannot sleep, try again later; do things during the day when they are open. Very insightful.
 
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MXMLLN | 1 other review | Jan 12, 2024 |
Wonderful, picturesque book on the trauma of war, the fragility of life, and the love of the written world. It is a battle cry for preserving your heritage and a reminder that bombs can not destroy the human.
 
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ryantlaferney87 | 5 other reviews | Dec 8, 2023 |
Amid rumors of liberation, inmates at Germany’s Belsen camp create toys for a celebration in a moving story of hope, based on a true account. Miriam lives in hut 18, bed 22. She has little to eat and nothing to play with, but she can remember what it was like before, when she had her own food, her own bed, and her very own toys. As World War II nears an end, everyone says the soldiers are coming, so Miriam joins the women in planning a celebration. Every night, while the guards sleep, they busy themselves crafting toys out of scraps of their clothing to surprise the younger children. Based on a reference to a small collection of stuffed toys made by women in Belsen for the first party held after the liberation of the camp, this new edition of Let the Celebrations Begin!, originally published in 1996,is an affecting story of human survival.… (more)
 
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Works
116
Also by
3
Members
6,282
Popularity
#3,905
Rating
3.8
Reviews
200
ISBNs
522
Languages
14
Favorited
2

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